| The First Chapter | ||||
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| Released | January 1987 | |||
| Recorded | September – October 1985 | |||
| Studio | The Slaughterhouse Studios, Driffield | |||
| Genre | Gothic rock | |||
| Length | 44:47 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| The Mission chronology | ||||
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| American Cover | ||||
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| Allmusic |    link |
| Record Mirror | [1] |
The First Chapter is a compilation album by gothic rock band The Mission. It gathered the material released on the first two EPs released through the Chapter 22 label.[2] Titled I (featuring "Serpents Kiss") and II (featuring the double A-side "Like a Hurricane" and "Garden of Delight") the album was released on Mercury Records in June 1987.[3] It includes all the songs from the first EP in its entirety, but omits the original versions of "The Crystal Ocean" (from the 12") and "Garden of Delight" (from the 7" and limited edition 12") from the second. The US release was augmented with the B-sides of the V (Severina) EP. The tracks that were originally left off this compilation were included on the expanded and remastered edition. This restored (and repositioned) both the short intermissions and 'swan song' from the II EP.[4]
Christ True of allmusic.com called the album 'an interesting piece of history of an oft-forgotten era of English rock'.[2]
- ^ Morton, Roger (4 July 1987). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 13. ISSN 0144-5804.
- ^ a b True, Chris. "The First Chapter - The Mission UK". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Mission, The - The First Chapter". Discogs. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ Listing for The First Chapter remastered album released in 2007, (accessed 3 May 2015).